Communities

We are dedicated to providing permanent supportive housing to those in a desperate need of shelter and stability. Permanent supportive housing provides housing for those experiencing the crippling effects of homelessness. Our housing and program services not only provide shelter and security to families and individuals, but also includes services focused on personal and professional development to help ensure a growing sense of stability and hope in their lives.

We are dedicated to transforming and rebuilding lives.

Quinn Cottages

About Quinn Cottages

Cottage Housing, Inc. partners with Mercy Housing California to operate Quinn Cottages. The development is comprised of 60 one bedroom cottages. The residential facility primarily serves single men or women, or a couple or parent with a child at these cottages. Quinn Cottages, the first of two developments which is operated by Cottages Housing, Inc., opened in 1997. It was built by Mercy Housing which functions as the property manager while Cottage Housing provides the supportive programs made available to our residents. Project applicants are encouraged to voluntarily commit to sobriety (if in recovery), to work closely with our staff on designing and adhering to their own personal developmental plan, and to volunteer in both the Quinn Cottages and the outside communities.

Eligibility Requirements:

Must be chronically homeless; Homeless for 1yr or longer coming from the streets, shelter or place not meant for habitation OR 4 or more episodes of homelessness in a single year

Must have a documented disability; mental health, substance abuse, HIV or AIDS

How to apply to Quinn Cottages:

Contact Intake Coordinatior Kimberly Niles at 916-492-9065 x 2386

Quinn Cottages is located at 1500 North A Street, Sacramento, CA.

Bishop Francis Quinn

The name Quinn Cottages is in honor of spiritual leader and activist, Bishop Francis Quinn. Without the leadership and support from Bishop Quinn, as well as beloved former Mayor Joe Serna Jr. and Sister Libby Fernandez, Quinn Cottages would cease to exist.

During his 12 tenure at the Sacramento Diocese, Quinn added seven new parishes, several missions, two elementary schools and one high school. He also oversaw a 10-year pastoral plan for the Diocese as well as a spiritual renewal program, reorganized the deanery structure, initiated a diocesan pastoral council and helped the Diocese celebrate its hundredth anniversary.

Serna Village

About Serna Village

Just like at Quinn Cottages, Cottage Housing, Inc. partners with Mercy Housing California to operate Serna Village. The development site consists of 83 one-to-four bedroom apartments, with a centrally located community center, kitchen, as well as a youth program known as Skylab Youth Productions.

Serna Village is a permanent supportive housing program for homeless families. The facility opened in 2002 to provide supportive housing accommodations to 40 homeless families. The program doubled in residential capacity in 2006 and now serves 83 families.

Serna Village strives to be a clean and sober community focused on healthy growth and commitment to personal wellness. Participants are encouraged to work closely with our staff on designing and adhering to their own personal developmental plan, and to volunteer in both the Serna Village and outside communities.

Using the Resiliency Model, which promotes personal growth and recovery, we are centered upon strength-based, peer support, and participant-driven intervention strategy.

About Skylab Youth Productions

Skylab is our on-site youth development program. We have extraordinary staff who work side-by-side with the children, offering a variety of different groups, programs, activities and mentoring to help the children learn how to become respectful, responsible and productive members of society.

Eligibility Requirements to become a participant at Serna Village:

You must be homeless and be referred from an outside agency who can verify your homelessness.

Must have an income and a willingness to participate in program services to help you address and overcome the barriers that brought you to homelessness, ie., personal growth, financial/credit restoration, mental and physical wellness, community service and participation.

How to apply to Serna Village:

Go online to sacwaitlist.com and fill out the Serna/Saybrook application.

Attend an orientation at Serna Village. Orientation is held on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 1:00pm. Check in time is 12:45pm.

**At orientation you will learn about the program, its requirements, next steps and get answers to any questions you may have**

From his labor in the fields of the Central Valley and the hills of Guatemala, to his work at Sacramento State University and Sacramento City Hall, Mayor Serna showed a deep commitment to helping those who needed help the most. As the first Hispanic mayor of a major California city, Serna succeeded in improving schools, revitalizing downtown, improving public transportation, enhancing neighborhood facilities and keeping the Kings as Sacramento's NBA team. His public service as a leader in the Sacramento region is a testament to the power of possibilities.

"I was supposed to live and die as a farm worker, not as a mayor and a college professor. I have everything to be thankful for."